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Bradley Cooper in ‘Limitless’; Clint Eastwood in ‘The Mule’; Matt Damon in ‘Contagion’.Credit:Rogue Pictures; Warner Bros. (2)
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Lupino makes the most of a low budget, crafting a genuinely suspenseful thriller with potent emotional resonance.
Two years later, Cooper appeared in the sci-fi thrillerLimitless, where his character Eddie uses all 100 percent.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead and John Goodman in ‘10 Cloverfield Lane’.Michele K. Short/Paramount Pictures
Mementohas a spooky repetitive urgency that takes on the clarity of a dream,writes EWs critic.
Its like an Oliver Sacks case study played as malevolent film noir.
And the veteran performer couldn’t have picked a better script to celebrate his return to the big screen.
Philip Seymour Hoffman and Marisa Tomei in ‘Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead’.Image Entertainment
Barry Keoghanstars as Oliver, an outcast Oxford student who befriends uber-rich classmate Felix (Jacob Elordi).
If you like films likeE.T.andStand by Me, then it’s crucial that you addSuper 8to your must-watch list.I.G.
It’s that, sure, but it’s also weird as all hell.I.G.
Emily Foxler in ‘Coherence’.Everett Collection
Its an honest and subdued approach to sci-fi, and the minimalism yields time for Pattersons craft to shine.
Making matters worse is the affection Kevin shows to his father, which only increases the distance between them.
It all leads up to a horrifying incident that irrevocably changes Eva and Kevins lives forever.
Anna Jacoby-Heron and Matt Damon in ‘Contagion’.Claudette Barius/Warner Bros.
Ramsay speeds through many of the action shots to instead focus on Joes psyche.
Bruce Willis in ‘Die Hard’.Twentieth Century Fox
Jake Gyllenhaal in ‘Donnie Darko’.Mary Evans/Courtesy Everett Collection
Kim Tae-ri and Kim Min-hee in ‘The Handmaiden’.Everett Collection
Frank Lovejoy and Edmond O’Brien in ‘The Hitch-Hiker’.Courtesy Everett Collection
Robert De Niro and Bradley Cooper in ‘Limitless’.John Baer/Rogue Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
Guy Pearce in ‘Memento’.Danny Rothenberg/Newmarket
Christina Ricci and Charlie Theron in ‘Monster’.Everett Collection
Clint Eastwood in ‘The Mule’.Warner Bros. Pictures
Benny Safdie and Cillian Murphy in ‘Oppenheimer’.Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures
Barry Keoghan in ‘Saltburn’.Courtesy of MGM/Amazon Studios
(From left to right) Kyle Chandler, Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning, and Ron Eldard in ‘Super 8’.Francois Duhamel/Paramount Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
Jamie Dornan and Anthony Mackie in ‘Synchronic’.Patti Perret/Red Flower Films
Jake Horowtiz, Mark Banik, and Cheyenne Barton in ‘The Vast of Night’.Amazon Studios
Tilda Swinton and John C. Reilly in ‘We Need to Talk About Kevin’.Everett Collection
Joaquin Phoenix and Ekaterina Samsonov in ‘You Were Never Really Here’.Alison Cohen Rosa/Amazon Studios
